Lost Green Card!! and more

Well, it seems my wife's daughter has 'misplaced' her green card!!!! Still looking but what's the procedure to get a new one? She has an I-131 as she went to China for her masters degree. Does that make it any easier? She's of course in China right now. I saw where they suggest you need to do an I-90 and pay the fees plus have fingerprints?? How does she have her fingerprints taken if she's in China?

Also, she mentioned that she wants to become a US citizen. Being out of the country on a 131 for 2 years does that reset her 5 years required after the green card was issued?

Well, it seems my wife's daughter has 'misplaced' her green card!!!! Still looking but what's the procedure to get a new one? She has an I-131 as she went to China for her masters degree. Does that make it any easier? She's of course in China right now. I saw where they suggest you need to do an I-90 and pay the fees plus have fingerprints?? How does she have her fingerprints taken if she's in China?

Also, she mentioned that she wants to become a US citizen. Being out of the country on a 131 for 2 years does that reset her 5 years required after the green card was issued?

Thanks for all the help!

Marc

She may need a travel document or letter of transportation. Have her contact her nearest American consulate in China. Yes, she can make an appointment with American Citizen Services.

Well, it seems my wife's daughter has 'misplaced' her green card!!!! Still looking but what's the procedure to get a new one? She has an I-131 as she went to China for her masters degree. Does that make it any easier? She's of course in China right now. I saw where they suggest you need to do an I-90 and pay the fees plus have fingerprints?? How does she have her fingerprints taken if she's in China?

Also, she mentioned that she wants to become a US citizen. Being out of the country on a 131 for 2 years does that reset her 5 years required after the green card was issued?

Thanks for all the help!

Marc

A replacement green card can only be sent to a US address. Usually when someone loses their green card abroad, they get a transportation letter from a US consulate (which might involve filing I-131A) for getting the airline to fly them back to the US, and then file I-90 once they get back to the US.

However, in your daughter-in-law's case, it sounds like you are saying she has in her possession a Re-entry Permit (that's one of the types of documents that's applied for with I-131, and it's for 2 years), in which case she can directly fly back to the US and enter the US using that (during the Re-entry Permit's period of validity), and she doesn't need to get a transportation letter. She can then file I-90 once she gets back to the US.